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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 9 | Tuesday January 24, 2012
InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Tragic tale:
We Need to Talk
About Kevin
examines a horrific
failure in parent-child
relations.
“Every once in a while,
individuals and organizations
combining partying with a noble
cause: charity.”
Grand
slam:
No. 1
USC men’s
tennis sweeps
LMU and UCSB.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 80
lo 62
today tomorrow
Sunny
hi 82
lo 63
Testimonies
By Cursta McCullom
Daily Trojan
The United Nations and the
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
launched iWitness, an interactive
Internet application that allows
students and educators to retrieve
more than 1,000 video testimonies
from the Holocaust, on Monday.
The application has been
in progress since the Shoah
Foundation was founded in 1994
by Steven Spielberg to preserve the
testimonies of Holocaust survivors.
The institute gained more than
50,000 archived testimonies, but
developing a plausible method
to share the information was its
biggest challenge, said Kim Simon,
managing director of USC Shoah
Foundation institute.
“We were founded on the premise
by Steven Spielberg after Schindler’s
List to gather 52,000 testimonies
of survivors and witnesses, and to
Shoah starts
new web
application
Shoah, in partnership with the
UN, launched iWitness, which
provides access to testimonies.
| see Shoah, page 2 |
By Jared Servantez
Daily Trojan
Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal might cut
$110 million from the Cal Grant system, which would
affect financial aid for students enrolled in public and
private California universities during the 2012-2013
school year.
As part of the $12.5 billion in reduced state spending,
the cuts to the system would reduce the amount offered
to students who choose to use Cal Grants at private in-stitutions
and would raise the minimum requirements
for students to qualify for a Cal Grant.
The Cal Grant system consists of Cal Grant A and Cal
Grant B, which are offered to students based on mer-it
and demonstrated financial need. The grants do not
have to be paid back.
Cal Grant A provides for tuition and fees in the
California State University and University of California
systems, as well as tuition support at private, nonprof-it
schools such as USC. Up to $12,192 is offered to each
eligible students in the UC system, up to $5,472 to stu-dents
in the CSU system, and up to $9,708 to students
at private schools.
Brown is proposing cutting the award money offered
Proposed cuts
would affect
Cal Grants
Brown’s proposed budget would slash Cal Grant
spending for private universities by 44 percent.
| see Budget, page 3 |
state
By Mat Goldstein
Daily Trojan
The Icon Plaza at USC, on the corner
of Figueroa Street and Exposition
Boulevard next to the Radisson Hotel,
has pre-leased about 40 percent of its
beds as construction continues on the
apartment building.
All two-bedroom and three-bedroom
apartments have been pre-leased, and
Icon Plaza Principal Billy Ruvelson said
he expects all the beds to be assigned
by April. The construction is scheduled
to end in July, and tenants can move in
during August .
The building is slated to have 256
beds in 56 units, and all units have
individual bedrooms and in-unit
washers and dryers. Prices range from
$925 for a shared room in a five-bedroom
apartment to $1,709 for a single in a
two-bedroom apartment.
“We are conscious that not everybody
can write a big check so we wanted to
make [the apartments] available to a
wide variety of students,” Ruvelson said.
The building will have a doorman,
pool, fitness center, sundeck, a tanning
bed and a courtyard for residents, as
well as shops on the first f loor.
“Students will have everything they
need under one roof,” Ruvelson said.
Some students said they were glad to
see another apartment building being
built.
“More housing options are always
a good thing,” said Eric Baughman, a
freshman majoring in biochemistry.
Baughman said, while his future living
plans are undecided, a private-owned
apartment building full of amenities
would be appealing.
Lena Cronin, a junior majoring in
communication, said she hadn’t heard
of the Icon Plaza.
“A new place that caters to students’
needs is beneficial,” Cronin said.
“Housing is really competitive, so
another place is nice.”
Icon Plaza at USC has pre-leased 40 percent of beds
Prices for a bed in Icon Plaza,
now under construction, range
from $925 to $1,709 per month.
Housing
Aoyang Wang | Daily Trojan
Rain go away
A student bikes by Cromwell Field Monday in the rain. More than 0.6 inches fell in
Downtown Los Angeles, causing minor campus flooding and by midafternoon a rainbow
was visible on campus. The weather is expected to be sunny and in the 80s today.
Zhiyi Feng | Daily Trojan
Iconic · Icon Plaza, located on the corner of Figueroa Street and Exposition
Boulevard, will have 56 units and include a pool, doorman, sundeck and tanning beds.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 9 | Tuesday January 24, 2012
InDEX 3 · Quick Hits 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 9 · Crossword 12 · Sports
Tragic tale:
We Need to Talk
About Kevin
examines a horrific
failure in parent-child
relations.
“Every once in a while,
individuals and organizations
combining partying with a noble
cause: charity.”
Grand
slam:
No. 1
USC men’s
tennis sweeps
LMU and UCSB.
sports 12
lifestyle 5
opinion 4
weather
Sunny
hi 80
lo 62
today tomorrow
Sunny
hi 82
lo 63
Testimonies
By Cursta McCullom
Daily Trojan
The United Nations and the
USC Shoah Foundation Institute
launched iWitness, an interactive
Internet application that allows
students and educators to retrieve
more than 1,000 video testimonies
from the Holocaust, on Monday.
The application has been
in progress since the Shoah
Foundation was founded in 1994
by Steven Spielberg to preserve the
testimonies of Holocaust survivors.
The institute gained more than
50,000 archived testimonies, but
developing a plausible method
to share the information was its
biggest challenge, said Kim Simon,
managing director of USC Shoah
Foundation institute.
“We were founded on the premise
by Steven Spielberg after Schindler’s
List to gather 52,000 testimonies
of survivors and witnesses, and to
Shoah starts
new web
application
Shoah, in partnership with the
UN, launched iWitness, which
provides access to testimonies.
| see Shoah, page 2 |
By Jared Servantez
Daily Trojan
Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal might cut
$110 million from the Cal Grant system, which would
affect financial aid for students enrolled in public and
private California universities during the 2012-2013
school year.
As part of the $12.5 billion in reduced state spending,
the cuts to the system would reduce the amount offered
to students who choose to use Cal Grants at private in-stitutions
and would raise the minimum requirements
for students to qualify for a Cal Grant.
The Cal Grant system consists of Cal Grant A and Cal
Grant B, which are offered to students based on mer-it
and demonstrated financial need. The grants do not
have to be paid back.
Cal Grant A provides for tuition and fees in the
California State University and University of California
systems, as well as tuition support at private, nonprof-it
schools such as USC. Up to $12,192 is offered to each
eligible students in the UC system, up to $5,472 to stu-dents
in the CSU system, and up to $9,708 to students
at private schools.
Brown is proposing cutting the award money offered
Proposed cuts
would affect
Cal Grants
Brown’s proposed budget would slash Cal Grant
spending for private universities by 44 percent.
| see Budget, page 3 |
state
By Mat Goldstein
Daily Trojan
The Icon Plaza at USC, on the corner
of Figueroa Street and Exposition
Boulevard next to the Radisson Hotel,
has pre-leased about 40 percent of its
beds as construction continues on the
apartment building.
All two-bedroom and three-bedroom
apartments have been pre-leased, and
Icon Plaza Principal Billy Ruvelson said
he expects all the beds to be assigned
by April. The construction is scheduled
to end in July, and tenants can move in
during August .
The building is slated to have 256
beds in 56 units, and all units have
individual bedrooms and in-unit
washers and dryers. Prices range from
$925 for a shared room in a five-bedroom
apartment to $1,709 for a single in a
two-bedroom apartment.
“We are conscious that not everybody
can write a big check so we wanted to
make [the apartments] available to a
wide variety of students,” Ruvelson said.
The building will have a doorman,
pool, fitness center, sundeck, a tanning
bed and a courtyard for residents, as
well as shops on the first f loor.
“Students will have everything they
need under one roof,” Ruvelson said.
Some students said they were glad to
see another apartment building being
built.
“More housing options are always
a good thing,” said Eric Baughman, a
freshman majoring in biochemistry.
Baughman said, while his future living
plans are undecided, a private-owned
apartment building full of amenities
would be appealing.
Lena Cronin, a junior majoring in
communication, said she hadn’t heard
of the Icon Plaza.
“A new place that caters to students’
needs is beneficial,” Cronin said.
“Housing is really competitive, so
another place is nice.”
Icon Plaza at USC has pre-leased 40 percent of beds
Prices for a bed in Icon Plaza,
now under construction, range
from $925 to $1,709 per month.
Housing
Aoyang Wang | Daily Trojan
Rain go away
A student bikes by Cromwell Field Monday in the rain. More than 0.6 inches fell in
Downtown Los Angeles, causing minor campus flooding and by midafternoon a rainbow
was visible on campus. The weather is expected to be sunny and in the 80s today.
Zhiyi Feng | Daily Trojan
Iconic · Icon Plaza, located on the corner of Figueroa Street and Exposition
Boulevard, will have 56 units and include a pool, doorman, sundeck and tanning beds.